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Employee got hand between splitter head and stone as the head came down, improper hand placement, improper procedure.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE SPLIITER AND MOVING A STONE WHEN A PIECE FELL ONTO EE'S RIGHT HAND, EE WAS TAKEN TO OCCUPATIONAL MED AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY
EE had staged 2 slabs to saw, they were not properly square. EE took a crowbar, placed it under the top slab, while holding the bar EE used a crane to hook under the crowbar to lift the slab, when the corner of the slab broke the strap and crowbar flipped up striking EE in the nose.
Employee was splitting rock when a piece fell on the down button while hand was pulling the stone away pinching hand between the plate and the stone. Employee did not report incident until 3:15pm end of shift. Taken to hospital on 7.22 am for exam and drug screen was placed on modified duty same day.
Employee was pushing stone into the splitter and a piece of stone bounced back and pinched EE's 5th digit of the left hand in between two pieces of stone. The injury was classified as a contusion and EE was released back to full duty.
Employee was operating the splitter. Employee was pulling a slab toward themselves that was underneath the splitter head. Employee hit the button that lowers the head and left hand was smashed between the the slab and the splitter chisels.
Employee had EE's hand on a piece of stone as EE mechanically advanced the stone forward in the splitter. EE's hand was placed in the wrong position and EE smashed it between the guide and the stone. EE fractured the tuft of EE's index finger. EE has been working light duty with no use of the upper left extremity until EE's next follow up appointment on 7/2/2019 at 4:00 pm.